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Cattarina Cima’s birth record in Italy
Her name is found spelled in several different ways. This is Teresa (Tiscornia) Bornstein’s mother.
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Birth record
- Find more information about the exact location – Ne or Chiavarti? Both are separate municipalities in the Liguria region of Genoa.
Who was the first family member to fly in a plane?
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This was the meeting place of Myer Bornstein and Teresa Tiscornia, and functioned similar to a present day farmers market.
Myer was selling fish and Teresa was selling vegetables with her father.
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Milton Charlie Bornstein was born February 27th, 1921.
“Alvin” Bornstein from San Francisco California marries “Marie” Tiscornia from Collinsville Illinois. These were the names used on an application for a liscence to wed.
Myer Bornstein used the fake name “Alvin” and Milt Senior’s home address in San Francisco.
Teresa used the fake name “Marie” and her cousins home address in Collinsville.
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A small fish plant at the foot of Taylor Street in Bellingham, WA was acquired. Myer Bornstein was the front man for the operation. Charlie Houser was a silent partner. Charlie Bornstein handled paperwork.
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The red arrow points to the location of Bornstein Seafoods.
The business that was at the corner of Central and Roeder Ave was Bellingham Fish Co., which was a storefront Myer Bornstein owned for selling seafood. It was technically separate from Bornstein Seafoods. It was kind of like a butcher shop, but for fish.
Worlds Fair held at Treasure Island in San Francisco.
The red arrow shows the location of Bornstein Seafoods.
The Taylor Street Dock location was in South Bellingham (basically the Fairhaven area). This is where the actual processing began.
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Kyle and Cassandra get married on Cinco de Mayo on the north end of Cypress island where they caught their first fish together. 
